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The components panel has an intuitive interface for finding components via component type. Types are selected via the dropdown, and the filter can then be used to select necessary parameters.
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Note that the component types were based off of Digikey’s categorization. These have shifted a bit over the years, but are overall still quite similar.
Complete documentation can be found here: https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/schematic-searching-placing-components#!components-panel
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